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(No Model.) I 2-Sheei1s-Shet J. H. OMWAKE- CUTTER FOR CLAY PRODUCT MACHINES; No. 531,213.

Patented 116 .18, 1894.

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J. H. OMWAKE. GUTTBRPORGLAY PRODUCT MACHINES.

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CUTTER FOR CLAY-PRODUCT MACHINES.

PECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,213, dated December 18, 1894.

' Application filed May 28, 1894. Serial No. 512,713; (No model.)

To aZZ whom it mayvconcern: Be it known that I, J A0013 H. OMWAKE, of

' Iler, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cutters for Clay-Product Machines; and I'do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in cut-01f tables for brick, tile and other clay product-machines; and it consists in certain features of construction, and in combinations of parts hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims. 1

Apreferable construction of a machine embodying my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a rear side elevation of a cut-0E: table for a tilemachine. Fig. 2 is an end elevation in vertical section on line 2- 2, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the discharging-mouth or die of a tile-machine, andB a column of clay being discharged from said machine, and which is to be cut into pieces of the required length by my improved cut-off machine. The column of clay to be severed into pieces is discharged from the clay-product-machine upon an endless'belt or carrier, 0, with which my improved machine is provided, said belt or carrier being suitably constructed to receive and be propelled by the column of clay, the belt or carrier being actuated by the friction had between the opposing surfaces of the column of clay and said belt or carrier. r I

If the cutoff-machine is designed for use in connection with a tile-machine, wherein the column of clay is round or circular in cross-section the belt or-carrier, at'suitable intervals, is provided with semi-circular holders,C, arranged to receive the correspond- .ingly shaped column of clay.' I

D designates-the supporting-frame of my improved cut-0E machine, and endless belt or carrier 0 engages Wheels 0 suitably supported at opposite ends of said frame, respectively. A severing-wire-carriage is suitably mounted upon the supporting-framea suit- ILER OHIO, ASS IGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN WV. 'WALTERS, OF SAME PLACE.

able distance from the receiving-end of the machine. The severing-wire-carriage comprises a pair of transversely arranged bars or pieces E which are centrally and longitudinally slotted, as at e. The two bars E are 10- cated a suitable interval apart andare each provided at the bottom with a pair of sleeves, E, that are easily mounted upon rods G suitablysupported from and at the rear side of the supporting-frame. Bars or members E are capable of reciprocation upon rods or tracks G, and between said bars or members E is located a frame H that is provided with rollers it that engage and are capable of traveling en'dwise of slots e in bars or members E. Frame H, at each end, extends somewhat above bars or members E, as at H, and to and between said upwardly-extending portions of frame H is trunnioned the severingwire-carrying-frame I. Said severing-wire- 7o bearing-frame comprises a pair of inverted U- shaped bars or members, suitably connected at their rear ends, as at I. Said U-shaped members of the 'severing-wire-frame are also suitably connected at their forward extremiv ties, as at 1 and the severing-wires, K, are stretched in any approved manner from member I to member I. v

By the construction thus far described, it will be observed that three difierent motions are capable of being given to the severingwires. 7

The construction whereby the severingwire-carriage is slidably mounted upon rods or tracks G, that, as already indicated, are ar- 8 5 ranged lengthwise of the cut-olf-table, enables said carriage to be moved in the direction taken by the moving column of clay. The construction wherebythe severing-wire-frame of said carriage is carried upon rollers adapted to travel in a direction transversely of the machine, renders the severing-wires capable of being moved in that direction, and the construction whereby the severing-wire-frame is carried upon axial trunnions, renders said 5 frame capable of oscillation in a vertical plane.

The capability of the severing-wires to move in the direction of the moving bar or column of clay, and the capability of said wires to move in a direction at right angles to the path of the column or bar of clay are absolutely necessary to obtain a vertical cut, while the oscillating movement of which the severing-wire-frame is capable, is only desirable in that it enables the severing-wires to cut the bar or column of clay with what is known as a saw or draw-cut.

Referring, first, to the means employed whereby the severing-wire-earriage is moved in the direction of the traveling bar or column of clay, I would remark that said motion is preferably communicated to the endless-belt or carrier C. To this end the endless-belt or carrier consists preferably of two endless-chains located a suitable interval apart and leading over sprocket-wheels O rigid with or operatively mounted upon shafts C suitably supported at the ends of the supporting-frame, and the two endless-chains are connected at suitable intervals, preferably short intervals, by bars 0 hearing holders 0', to form a suitable surface for engagement by the traveling-bar or column of clay. Some of said connecting pieces or bars project a suitable distance beyond the endless-chain that is located adjacent to the rear side of the machine, as at C and said projecting portions of said bars are adapted, in the operation of the machine, to engage a forwardlyprojecting arm or dog L, pivotally connected at its rear end, as at L, to the severing-wirecarriage, and thereby actuate the severingwire-carriage in the direction of the moving column of clay, and said forwardly-projecting arm or dog on the severing-wire-carriage is adapted to engage and travel up an incline M rigid with the supporting-frame. Those bars (3 of belt or carrier 0 that are adapted to actuate the severing-wire-carriage, to eifect the movement of said carriage with the moving or incoming column of clay, are located such a distance apart that one of said bars shall come into position for operation as soon as the section or column of clay shall have come into position to be cut into pieces, and the arrangement of parts and trend of incline M are such that dog or member L of the severing-wire-carriage shall ride up incline M during the longitudinal movement of the severing-wire-carriage in the severing operation and the severing-xvire-carriage shall be moved with the column of clay during the severing operation (which severing operation is hereinafter described) until member L has been lifted by means of incline M out of operative engagement with the belt or carrier 0, which occurs immediately upon the completion of the severing-operation.

The severing-wire-carriage is provided with another forWardly-proj ecting arm or dog 0 in position to be engaged by the returning or lower portion of the belt or carrier. Said arm or dog is pivoted, as at O, to a dependingmember 0 of the severing-wire-carriage, and is adapted to be engaged by the projecting members 6 on said portion of the carrier, thereby resulting in the return of the severing-Wire-carriage into position for the next succeeding severing operation. During the return movement of the severing-wire-carriage member 0 comes into engagement and rides up an incline N rigid with the supporting-frame and the trend of said incline and the arrangement of parts are such that as soon as the severing-wire-carriage has been returned into position for the next succeeding severing-operation incline B shall have lifted member 0 out of operative engagement with carrier 0.

The mechanism employed for effecting the movement of the severing-wires in a direction at right angles to the path of the bar or column of clay during the severing operation is preferably as follower-Member 1' of the severing-wire-frame, preferably near its central portion is provided with a rearwardly-projecting arm or lever 1 that is operatively connected, by means of a link, I", with a lever, P, that is fulcrumed near its central portion, as at P, to the supporting-frame, and is slotted longitudinally at its opposite end, as at P Slot 1? is engaged by the crank-pin or wrist Q, of a crank-wheel or crank Q that is rigid or operatively connected with a shaft R, that is suitably supported from the supporting-frame and bears a pinion S that meshes with a sectional or mutilated gears fixed or operatively mounted upon the shaft 0 at the forward end of carrier 0. The arrangement of parts is such that the mechanism just described is actuated at the proper time, as required, to oscillate the severing-wire-frame and the severing-Wires carried thereby, for- Wardly to sever the column or bar of clay into pieces during the movement of said carriage in the direction of the traveling bar or column of clay, and so that said severing-wire-frame shall beoscillated in the opposite direction upon the completion of the severing operation.

Referring, lastly, to the not indispensable but desirable motion of the severing-wire frame and the severing-wires carried thereby in a direction transversely of the traveling bar or column of clay during the severing operation, in order to sever the bar or column of clay by What is known as a saw or draw-cut, I provide preferably as follows :-Frame II, at the bottom, is pivotally connected to a lever T operatively mounted upon a horizontallyarranged shaft T that is suitably supported from and located at the rear side of the suptrated, the arrangement of parts is such that the severing-wires are moved with the moving column of clay and transversely of the path of said column during the oscillation of the severing-wires to cut the column of clay into pieces, and the machine automatically severs the moving bar or column of clay into pieces with what is known as a saw or draw-cut.

I would also remark that, in order to prevent the belt orcarrier from sagging, the supporting-frame, at the top, is provided with a track U engaged by rollers O on the ends of those bars 0 of the belt or carrier that are not provided with projecting members 0 and that the lower or returning section of the belt or carrier is kept in alignment by its engagement with the top side of longitudinal members d of the supporting-frame, which is effected by the extension of each end of bars 0 that are provided with members 0 as shown in Fig. 2.

What I claim is 1. In a cutter for clay-product machines, the combination of an endless-belt or carrier for conveying the column of clay to the place of cutting, suitably supported severing-wirecarriage, pivotal arms or dogs L and 0 carried by said carriage, stationary inclines M and N, projecting-members O on the belt or carrier, and suitablemechanism for actuating the severing-wire-bearing-members of the severingwire-carriage to cause the severing-wires to perform their function during the aforesaid movement of the severing-wire-carriage with the column of clay, substantially as set forth. 3 5

2. In a cutter for clay-product machines,

the combination of an endless-belt or carrier for conveying the column of clay to the place of cutting, suitably supported severing-wirecarriage, means whereby said carriage is moved with the moving column of clay durpurpose specified.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two witnesses, this 29th day of December, 1893. i

. JACOB H. OMWAKE.

Witnesses:

C. H. DORER, WARD HOOVER. 

